What is Putins end game?

He wants to restore Russia to the Empire that it was from 1721 onwards that included much of Scandanavia and went all the way down to Turkey . The war that happened at the time lasted 21 years.
Neither Norway, Sweden nor Finland want to become part of any Russian Empire.

Here is a link to the translated text of an interview he gave recently talking about his intention.
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68606